Introduction

LearnDelphi.tv is the Internets premier site for instructional video on using Delphi. Since about 2007 I've been producing free video tutorials on using Delphi. More recently I've created a series of commercial videos which provide amazing value for money. While aimed at beginners, even seasoned Delphi users should find the content useful.

Training and Consultancy

Sometimes watching videos and reading articles isn't enough to learn what you need - often it is far more helpful to talk to a real person. Finding a Delphi expert you can communicate with can be a tricky problem - no longer. Alister Christie is now available on Skype for consultation on Delphi problems and training.

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Testimonial

Alister’s videos are truly the fastest way to get started in Delphi. I would definitely recommend anyone starting out to buy them. The videos are really easy to follow and interesting – beats reading tedious technical books any day. I especially like working through a real application including a section on using an installer to deploy.

The LearnDelphi.tv site is also a great resource with lots of brilliant free videos and information.

I can’t wait for the next series. Awesome work Alister!

Regards,Chris

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Anouncement: Building Applications in Delphi Using the VCL - Part 2 is now available!

Monday, 30 April 2012 15:28

Yes that's right, part 2 in my popular series is now available. You can watch the overview on YouTube, however I understand if your excitement is just uncontainable, so you will want to buy your copy of part 2 (remember to get a copy or six for your friends). If you don't already have part 1 - you'd better get it now - don't be the only one without it! You can also find out more on my products page.

Movie #69 - Self

Monday, 30 April 2012 09:59

In this Delphi programming tutorial Alister Christie demonstrates the usage of the Self hidden parameter in class methods. You can watch the video on this site or on YouTube. The video is about 6 minutes long.

Movie #68 - Abusing Typed Constants

Sunday, 18 March 2012 09:23

In this video Alister Christie demonstrates how to abuse typed constants by using them like variables and shows how they have some interesting properties (and also compares them to class variables). You can watch the video here or on YouTube.

Blog #5 - Delphi Interviews

Wednesday, 07 March 2012 22:19

While at the recent FireMonkey LIVE! event in Auckland I recorded a few interviews with people about what they use Delphi for. Watch it on YouTube.

Movie #67 - Form Ownership

Friday, 02 March 2012 17:55

In this video we take a brief look at form ownership in both the VCL and FireMonkey. This Delphi programming tutorial is under ten minutes long and you can watch it here or on YouTube.

Blog #4 - More Random Topics

Saturday, 18 February 2012 13:22

This is another video blog, I mostly talk about making my commercial videos on Building VCL Apps in Delphi. You can Watch the video on YouTube. For some reason I didn't post my 3rd blog here, but it also is on YouTube.

Movie #66 - Animating Adding a TListBoxItem

Wednesday, 01 February 2012 12:16

This is another video where I demonstrate my limited knowledge of FireMonkey. It it I build the classic "Add items from an Edit to a ListBox" example, then add a little animation to make things look pretty. The video is a touch under 13 minutes and you can watch it here or on YouTube. This video also relates to this StackOverflow question, and this item in Quality Central.

Movie #64 - Session State on Rest Server

Wednesday, 11 January 2012 12:00

In this video we look at preserving state in a DataSnap REST server session between method invocations. You can watch the video here, or on YouTube. This was originally recorded for the 24 Hours with David I, however I've fixed a bug in this version.

Blog #2 - Random Topics

Wednesday, 30 November 2011 11:35

In this video I look at The Pocket Guide to Pascal (Web or Amazon), strange WriteLn syntax and the With statement (and why not to use it). The video is on YouTube here.